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cadmium

DEFINITIONS OF: cadmium

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n a soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores

Synonyms:
Cd, atomic number 48
Type of:
metal, metallic element
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
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